John Rapp

Education

PhD, University of Florida

MS, North Dakota State University

BS, St. Mary’s University

About Me

John Rapp is a full professor in the Department of Psychology at Auburn University. He is also the project director for the Alabama Psychiatric Medication Review Team with the Alabama Department of Human Resources. He received his doctoral degree in behavior analysis from the University of Florida in 2003. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavioral Interventions, Behavior Modification, Education and Treatment of Children, and The European Journal of Behavior Analysis. To date, he has coauthored over 90 articles that are published in peer-reviewed journals.

His research interests include the assessment and treatment of automatically reinforced behavior such as stereotypy, evaluating the sensitivity of discontinuous recording methods for detecting changes in behavioral events, and production of false positives with single-subject designs. Recently, he and his graduate students have begun to extend behavioral interventions to nontraditional populations such as foster care youth and detained adolescents.  

Research Interests

assessment and treatment of automatically reinforced behavior such as stereotypy, evaluating the sensitivity of discontinuous recording methods for detecting changes in behavioral events, and production of false positives with single-subject designs

Publications

• Brogan, K. M., Rapp, J. T., Sennott, L. A., Cook, J. L., & Swinkels, E. (in press). Further analysis of the predictive effects of a free operant competing stimulus assessment on stereotypy. Behavior Modification.
• Coon, J. C. & Rapp, J. T. (in press). Application of multiple baseline designs in behavior analytic research: Evidence for the influence of new guidelines. Behavioral Interventions.
• Gunby, K., Rapp, J. T., & Bottoni, M. M. (in press). Teaching children with autism to follow gaze shift. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
• Brogan, K. M., Rapp, J. T., Niedfeld, A. M., Coon, J. C., Newman, J. L., & Burkhart, B. R.  (2017). Increasing quiet compliance by detained adolescents. Behavior Modification. doi: 10.1177/0145445517716675
• Cook, J. L., Rapp, J. T., Burji, C., McHugh, C. & Nuta, R. (2017). A simple intervention for stereotypical engagement with an augmentative alternative communicative device. Behavioral Interventions, 32, 272-277. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.1478
• Brogan, K. M., Falligant, J. M., & Rapp, J. T. (2017). Interdependent group contingencies decrease adolescents’ disruptive behaviors during group therapy: A practitioner’s demonstration. Behavior Modification, 41, 405–421 doi: 10.1177/0145445517693812
• Cook, J. L., Rapp, J. T., Mann, K. R., McHugh, C., Burji, C., & Nuta, R. (2017). A practitioner model for increasing eye contact in children with autism. Behavior Modification, 41, 382–404. doi: 10.1177/0145445516689323
• Gunby, K., Rapp, J. T., Bottoni, M. M, Marchese, N., & Wu. B. (2017). Teaching children with autism to follow gaze shift: A brief report on three cases.  Advance online publication. Behavioral Interventions. http://doi.org/10.1002/bin.1465
• Rapp, J. T., Cook, J. L., McHugh, M., & Mann, K. (2017). Decreasing stereotypy using NCR and DRO with functionally matched stimulation: Effects on targeted and nontargeted stereotypy. Behavior Modification, 41, 45–83. doi: 10.1177/0145445516652370
• Rapp, J. T. & Gunby, K. (2016). Task interspersal for individuals with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 49, 730–734. doi: 10.1002/jaba.319
• Lanovaz, M. J., & Rapp, J. T. (2016). Using single-case experiments to support evidence-based decisions: How much is enough? Behavior Modification, 40, 377-395. doi: 10.1177/0145445515613584
• Lanovaz, M. J., Rapp, J. T., Maciw, I., Dorion, C., & Prégent-Pelletier, É. (2016).  Preliminary effects of parent-implemented behavioral interventions for stereotypy: Brief report. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 19, 193-196. doi: 10.3109/17518423.2014.986821